“Two pomegranates please.”

Dani held out two fingers, then pointed at a pair of fruits.

The vendor picked them up and set them on a balance scale hanging from one hand.

Stacking the fruits on one side of the suspended scales, he used makeshift weights to counterbalance the other.

First, he tried a rock.

Then he replaced it with a large hex nut from a rickshaw.

He added three coins.

He removed one.

At last, he nodded.

“Eighty rupees.”